Ironing-board.



J. H. WILKINS.

IRONING BOARD. APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 31, 1904.

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JOHN H. VVILKINS, OF GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 1906.

Application filed December 31, 1904. Serial No. 239,098.

.be readily converted into a clothes-rack,

one in which the parts may be readily assembled and securely retained inplace in the formation of either of said devices, and one wherein thebed-sections of the board will be maintained firmly in place and againstrelative movement during the employment of the device in its primarycapacity as an ironing-board.

A further object of the invention is to provide supporting-armspivotally connected with the frame of the device and adapted to bereadily moved to position for the recep- 1310111 of the sections of theboard to produce a rac With the above and other objects in view theinvention comprises the novel features of construction and combinationof parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of anironing-board embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a similar view with the ironing-bed removed. Fig. 4 isan end elevation of the device. Fig. 5 is a section on an enlargedscale, taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectiontaken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a side elevation illustratingthe device arranged to produce a clothes-rack. Fig. 8 is an end view ofthe same. Fig. 9 is a horizontal longitudinal section through one of themembers of the ironing-board bed. Figs. 10 and 11 are detail perspectiveviews of the engaging devices carried, respectively, by the ends ofalternate bed-sections. Fig. 12 is a perspective giew of one of thehinging and pivoting memers. I

Referring to the drawings, and articularly to Figs. 1 to 6, 1 designatesthe ame of the ironing-board, which includes a pair of cross members orlegs 2, provided with longitudinal slots 3, extending substantiallythroughout their entire lengths and each having at its lower end ahorizontal foot-piece or base 4, said pieces 4 being extended in reversedireetions transversely of the frame, while upon. the upper ends of themembers 2 are pivoted arms 5, adapted to normally lie in a horizontalposition and to be swung on their pivots to a vertical position. Thesearms, which normally extend inward in relatively overlapping positions,each consist of a pair of parallel spaced side members 6, havingextended transversely therebetween at appropriately-spaced intervalspins 7, constituting bearing members or seats, the purpose of which willhereinafter appear.

' Arranged upon and supported by the frame 1 is a horizontal ironing bed.or table 8, composed of a plurality, preferably .6, of members orsections 9, arranged in parallel relation and transverse juxtaposition,the meeting edges of the sections being conn cted by dowel-pins 10,adapted to seat in corresponding openings or sockets 11, whereby thesections will be maintained in a common horizontal plane and the bed asa whole rendered firm and steady. Arranged at the longitudinal center ofthe table is a clamping member or device adapted to prevent relativetransverse movement of the sections and comprising a bed-piece plate 12,adapted to' lie beneath and in contact with the lower faces of thesections 9 and having upturned terminal portions or flanges 13, whichengage the outer edges of the outermost sections and are perforated forthe reception of the ends of a tie element or rod 14, extendedtransversely through the table, While the arms 5 are normally maintainedin their folded position by means of a clamping member or late 15,projecting beneath and engaging the lower edges of the arms, said platebeing arranged vertically beneath the member 12 and connected to thelatter by means of an adjustable clamping element or bolt 16.

The members or legs 2, which, as before stated, are crossed betweentheir ends, are connected together by means of a transverse bar ormember 17, composed of a pair of sections having their inner meetingends connected, preferably, by means of a hinge 18 and their outer endspivoted, respectively, by means of horizontal pintles 19 in members orcastings 20, each having a pair of spaced ears for thereception of theadjacent end of the bar 17 and an outwardly-projecting cylindricalportion or shank 21, extended in longitudinal alinement with the bar 17throu h the slot 3 of the adjacent leg 2 and threaded at its outer endfor the reception of a clampingformed upon castings 24, adapted to beatcesses 28.

nut 22. It will be observed in this connection 1 that the shanks 21 arefree to slide longitudinally of the members 2 in the slots 3, thus toermit adjustment of the legs for varying the l ieight of the table, andthat the parts may be securedin adjusted positions by means of the nuts22, which serve to clamp the adjacent members 2 against the ends of thecastings.

Three of the sections 9 are provided at one end with an engaging memberor hook 23,

tached by screws or other fastening devices to the respective sections,while the remaining sections 9 are each equipped at one end with anengaging member or casting 25, likewise secured in place by screws orother fastening devices and presenting a tubular socket or seat 26 toreceive one of the pins or hooks 23,- whereby the sections may beconnected in pairs and in longitudinal continuance for any desiredpurpose. The sections are further each provided throughout its en,-tirelength and at appropriately-spaced intervals with a series ofperforations 27 and adjacent each of its ends upon one of its side edgeswith substantially semicircular re- In practice when the parts areassembled,

mitting the sections 9, composing the be to be disconnected and the arms5 turned to a vertical position, after which the sections are arrangedin vertically-spaced order to rest, respectively, on the pins 7 betweenthe spaced bars 6 of the arms, thus constituting the bars of the rack.Furthermore, when the parts are arranged for this purpose the sectionsof the connecting member 17 will be swung downward upon their pivots 19,as illustrated in Fig.8, thus permitting the members 2 to appreach eachother transversely for bringing the arms 5 into alinement, whereby themembers 9 may seat readily adjacent their opposite ends between the bars6 of the arms, as heretofore stated.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a simple device inwhich the number of parts is reduced to a minimum and one which inpractice will admirably perform its functions to the attainment of theends in view, it being understood that minor changes in the detailsherein set forth may be resorted to without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1.In a device of the class described, a supporting-frame includingnormally horizontal arms, a bed sustained thereby and comprising aplurality of longitudinal sections, a bedpiece having end portions forengagement-at the edges of the outer sections, a tie element extendedthrough said end portions and sections, a clamping member arrangedbeneath the arms and a clamping element connecting said member andbed-piece.

2. In a device of the class described, a supporting-frame includingpivoted normally horizontal arms, a bed sustained thereb and comprisinga pluralityv of longitudinal sections, a bed-piece connected with theframe and having end flanges for engagement at the edges of theoutermost sections, a tie element removably extended through saidsections and engaged with said flanges, a clampingplate arranged beneaththe arms, and a clamping element connecting the said plate andbed-piece.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J OHN H. WILKINS.

Witnesses:

WM. J. KEMP,- ALBERT R. IIINTON.

